CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson All-American and 2017 U.S. Amateur Champion Doc Redman made a 40-foot eagle putt from off the green on the first playoff hole to win the Visit Knoxville Open at Holston Hills Golf Club in Knoxville, Tenn. on Sunday.
The victory was Redman’s second of the year on the Korn Ferry Tour, and it virtually assured him of earning his PGA Tour Card for the 2027 season. Redman became the second Korn Ferry Tour player to win two events this year. Ian Holt won consecutive events earlier this season.
Redman earned $180,000 and 500 Korn Ferry Tour points with the win and now has 1,196 for the year, second on the tour. The top 20 players at the end of the season earn PGA Tour Cards for 2027. Last year all 20 players who earned more than 1,030.5 points earned PGA Tour cards.
On March 5, 2026, Redman won the Korn Ferry Event in Chile. He is the first former Clemson golfer to win twice in the same year at this level since 2013 when Ben Martin won a pair of web.com events. Kevin Johnson won two in 2009 and Charles Warren won twice in 2004.
Redman finished with a score of 25-under-par 259 on the par 71 course, thanks to rounds of 64-64-66-65. He finished with 27 birdies, only two bogeys and 43 pars. Redman came into the final round trailing by two shots to Cooper Dossey, who had finished second to Redman in Chile.
But it was former Marquette gofer Hunter Eichhorn who would prove to be the major obstacle in the final round. Eichhorn shot a 10-under-par 61 in the final round and posted 25-under par through 72 holes when Redman still had two holes to play.
Redman continued to play consistent golf on Sunday. Dating back to the 14th hole in the first round, the native of North Carolina did not have a bogey for the last 56 holes. But, his steak of without a bogey ended when he made a five on the par four 17th hole.
That bogey dropped him a stroke behind Eichhorn. But, Redman hit his third shot on 18 to within six feet and he made the putt for birdie to get into a playoff. It was his third birdie of the tournament on the 18th hole.
The two players returned to the 18th hole to start the playoff. Redman hit his drive over 300 yards to the fairway, then hit his second shot to just off the green, 40 feet from the hole. He used a putter from off the green. His putt stopped on he edge of the cup for four seconds, then dropped into the cup to win the championship.